Reasons to find my mother
I may need a transplant--
a kidney, bone marrow;
she could provide.
I could answer questions
on medical forms. Yes,
my mother had diabetes,
high bloodpressure, TB.
I would know why
I was near-sighted,
why my blood type was O.
I would recognize my crooked
fingers, understand my tendency
to over-eat. I could claim her
before it was too late, ask
her to my home. I could swear
forgiveness, if I could not give her
love.

Reasons not to find my mother
Past forty, I am too old for hunting eggs.
She has alzheimer, wouldn't remember.
Her children would hate me, say:"That woman is no relation of ours!" Perhaps she needs money; I could provide,
but I have my own family.
I don't want to share Christmas with her,
Easter, Thanksgiving, or the Fourth of July.
Or buy her a blanket for Mother's day.
No Mother gives her child away;
I don't want to know
the woman who birthed me--
not now.

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